Tree removal in Pana, IL

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports near Pana that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 20, 2025; July 16, 2025; and June 29, 2023. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 70 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 2,180 households live in Pana. About three quarters of the homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1955.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from Pana, averages 114 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 39 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 3 electric utilities with service territory in Christian County, among them Ameren Illinois Company and Rural Electric Conven Coop; the county page names the other one.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024